Schwermut
German, noun/ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt/
Schwermut is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-M-U-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwermut is a German feminine noun meaning “melancholy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “depressive Stimmung”.
What does Schwermut mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemelancholy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. depressive Stimmung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Schwermut?
- /ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt/
- [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwermut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwermut in German?
Schwermut appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).